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"Companies are tapping into social media to help promote their business, but on the flip side, it creates these communities," he said, adding that "healthy competition" online can spur people on.
From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2026
The flip side is that private investors abroad are more likely than home lenders to step away, and they have a longer menu of places where they can invest.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026
On the flip side, CoreWeave’s debt problems could be just that: CoreWeave’s alone.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 22, 2026
At the end of the day, I am a realist; anything can flip a person’s switch from off to blackout rage.
From Salon ● Oct. 18, 2026
Gran was so old-school, she had a flip phone that rarely left her purse.
From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas
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Even if you look slightly farther afield—specifically to a Montecito home that was bought by A-list home flipper Ellen DeGeneres in November 2025—it’s clear that price estimates don’t always reflect a home’s true value.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 31, 2026
The three-bedroom, one-bath home was dilapidated before an out-of-state house flipper fixed it up, she said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026
One ex-house flipper said he’d experimented with 50 AI-generated business ideas before landing on one he liked.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026
Visitors to the Aquarium of the Pacific can now get an up-close look at Meatloaf, a rescued green sea turtle undergoing rehabilitation after a serious flipper injury, according to officials.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 9, 2026
The film kept talking about growth spurts and acne problems caused by working in the forges, and proper flipper hygiene, and finally it was over.
From "The Battle of the Labyrinth" by Rick Riordan
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His code is the survival of the flippest, and he talks a lingo as forthright and gamy, in its way, as a soldier’s.
From Time ● Jan. 27, 2015
His code is the survival of the flippest, and he talks a lingo as forthright and gamy, in its way, as a soldier's.
From Time Magazine Archive
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Then again, it’s tough to compete for attention when Musk’s rocket vapor-cloud filled the air and the Roadster did flips through the sky.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 17, 2026
But according to Wainwright, she particularly enjoyed spending time in the surf town: “She loved doing her flips in Laguna.”
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 7, 2026
The team developed an AI-based controller that allows the robotic bug to perform demanding aerial maneuvers, including repeated body flips.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 22, 2026
That does not mean the weather suddenly changes when the calendar flips to 1 September.
From BBC ● Aug. 31, 2026
My stomach flips in the most delightful way.
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
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Nasdaq futures inched up 0.1% after the index flipped sharp intraday losses Thursday to end the session higher.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026
Then in the seventh inning, he issued a leadoff walk to Andrew Vaughn and surrendered back-to-back homers, and suddenly the game had flipped.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 15, 2026
Two games into the postseason, that script has flipped.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 5, 2026
It was Pep Guardiola's influence that, in part, flipped this logic on its head over the last decade.
From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2026
He flipped the envelope over and ripped open the flap.
From "Found" by Margaret Peterson Haddix
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"We were just flipping out," says 2wei's Simon Heeger.
From BBC ● Oct. 18, 2026
The tornado injured two people and caused damage to buildings with the strong winds flipping cars according to local media.
From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026
In those famous cases that led to crises, the Fed was flipping the narrative; in this case, it is simply trying to find a level of rates that would put some downward pressure on inflation.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 11, 2026
Technology is on pace to eliminate many remaining starter jobs like flipping burgers and running checkouts.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026
I creep up to sit on Throne Rock, flipping through the journal to the new chapter and rereading it once again.
From "How to Disappear Completely" by Ali Standish
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